Pippo Delbono is an Italian actor, playwright and director. He has worked with Pina Bausch, and with the Farfa group led by Nagel Rasmussen in Denmark, and has studied in Japan, Burma, and Bali. His two plays Il Silenzio (Silence) and Racconti di Giugno (Tales of June) were presented at the International Festival of Buenos Aires in September 2007.

In the first part of this interview, Pippo tells KadmusArts about his various theatrical experiences and how they influenced the way he conceives theater today. He talks about the sense of choreography of Silence, a play based on memories connected to the earthquake that devastated Gibellina in 1968; about how and why he included a former intern of a mental institution and a person with Down Syndrome in his plays; and how theater has become a bourgeois institution, and the problems this generates. In the second part of the interview, Delbono answers some critical comments from the public, and discusses the influence of masters like Dante, Pasolini and Fellini in his works. Finally, he tells us about his autobiographical play Tales of June, which deals with death, and how by forgetting about it we are actually forgetting about life itself.

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Pippo Delbono, actor, director y dramaturgo italiano, estudió en Japón, Birmania y Bali, entre otros lugares de Oriente, y ha trabajado con Pina Bausch, y con el Grupo Farfa dirigido por Nagel Rasmussen en Dinamarca. Sus dos obras El Silencio y Cuentos de Junio se presentaron en el Festival Internacional de Buenos Aires en Septiembre de 2007.

En la primera parte de la entrevista, Pippo nos cuenta sus distintas experiencias teatrales y cómo influenciaron su manera de concebir el teatro. También habla sobre el sentido coreográfico de El Silencio, una obra basada en recuerdos conectados con un terremoto que devastó Gibellina en 1968; sobre cómo y por qué decidió integrar a su trabajo a un ex interno de una institución psiquiátrica y a una persona con Síndrome de Down; y sobre cómo el teatro se ha convertido en un espacio burgués y los problemas que esto genera. En la segunda parte de la entrevista, Delbono responde a críticas del público, y comenta la influencia en sus trabajos de grandes artistas como Dante, Pasolini y Fellini. Finalmente, nos habla de su obra autobiográfica Cuentos de Junio, que trata sobre la muerte y cómo al olvidarla estamos en realidad olvidando la vida.

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Hailing from Georgia, The Shin have a new take on traditional Georgian music, infusing it with improvisation and influences from the Iberian peninsula, Persia and beyond.

In this interview, bass player Zurab Gagnidze talks about how they developed their sound, why you won’t see scores of dancers kicking their legs and falling to their knees, and why music lasts longer than politics.

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Caridad Svich is a U.S. Latina playwright, translator, lyricist and editor, whose works have been produced across the U.S. and abroad. Her adaptation of Isabel Allende’s novel The House of the Spirits was commissioned by Repertorio Español, and premiered as part of their 40th Anniversary Season.

In this podcast, Caridad talks about her evolution as a playwright and the different ways she approached the task of adapting a contemporary classic novel.

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Marc Bamuthi Joseph is an arts activist, National Poetry Slam champion, Broadway veteran and GOLDIE award winner. His evening-length works have been presented throughout the United States and Europe and include Word Becomes Flesh, Scourge, De/Cipher and No Man’s Land.

In this interview he talks about his transformative work with Youth Speaks, how his works speak to multiple intelligences, and the genesis of his most recent project red, black and GREEN: a blues.

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